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Track Listings
| 1. Pioneer to The Falls |
| 2. No I In Threesome |
| 3. The Scale |
| 4. The Heinrich Maneuver (Album Version) |
| 5. Mammoth |
| 6. Pace Is The Trick |
| 7. All Fired Up |
| 8. Rest My Chemistry |
| 9. Who Do You Think |
| 10. Wrecking Ball |
| 11. The Lighthouse |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Not every band would kick off their third album with a slow, six-minute trudge characterised by descending guitar lines, mournful melodica, and a frontman that sounds not so much suicidal as already decaying. Interpol, however, have never been shy of basking in melancholy, and Our Love to Admire is an album that just exults in it. Newly bolstered by funereal keyboards, Our Love to Admire feels full and rich where previous Interpol albums sometimes felt gaunt and bony. The old themes remain, however: emptiness, dislocation, and a rather caddish attitude to romance, as encapsulated on "No I in Threesome" or the pounding, sarcastic "The Heinrich Maneuver", a sour kiss-off to an ex-lover that sees frontman Paul Banks asking "How are things on the West Coast?/ I hear you’re moving real fine" atop taut, stabbing bass. Further in, the band experiments with some more sprawling, elaborate song structures. The excellent "Mammoth" locks into a driving groove that’! s most uncharacteristic for Interpol, Daniel Kessler trying out riff after riff like he’s dressing for some important social occasion, while the climactic "The Lighthouse" is a bare wisp of ambient guitar that might be the band’s stateliest, grandest moment to date. -- Louis Pattison
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"I live my life in cocaine. Just a rage and three types of yes. I've made stairways such scenes for things to regret."
-Rest My Chemistry
Yep, we've all been there. Ice chinks in the fifth Chivas Regal and you're hitting on the wrong girl again and she's just staring at your nosebleed and all you can think about is the dry cleaning bill for your switchblade-sharp Agnes B suit and shirt combo. Or maybe not.
Okay, some background. Interpol are 4 New York City draculas who sport cufflinks, oversized shades and hip tiepins and make darker-than-the-black death post rock with a thumping core of rainswept romance at the centre. In short they're cooler than an ice pick dipped in liquid nitrogen and
stabbed into your ink-black heart.
This is their third album and basically it's the perfect wingman to the other two. More layers, more washy keyboards, more engulfing, chiming reverb soaked guitars and yep, more of the same.
As usual singer Paul Banks sings loads of cool, cryptic lines about time and love and the corruption inside him, in his otherworldly baritone, and the band pound and tinkle and sweep with more elegance and expression than ever before.
Okay so there are a couple of boring bits, and nothing quite as good as "Public Pervert", from Antics, or "PDA", from Turn On The Bright Lights, but what do you want, blood? This band have gotten better - they're tighter than a laser-guided smart bomb, the beats are more swingy, and Carlos D's bass and keys are even more expressive and swooning.
Buy this, sit on a bus in the rain and imagine you're on your fifth Chivas and there's blood on your tiepin. --P J Lucas
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
You will not find Interpol straying far from what they know on this, their third LP. Musically, the band have developed very little. Bar the introduction of Keyboards into the mix, there is very little to distinguish the sound of album number three from Antics or Turn on the Bright Lights. It remains minimalist alternative Indie, with a slightly greater emphasis on the lead guitar.
Where the band have progressed is in song and album structure. Each track is a thoroughly enjoyable listen: eleven emotionally charged tracks, each leading from the last with fluidity and grace. Each instrument is now less obvious among the mix, facilitating a more professional, and grander sound (evident no more so than on epic album opener "Pioneer to the Falls"). The album succeeds as one piece of work, and as a collection of tracks, and has nailed the formula for what is required to make an album great.
Our Love to Admire is arguably the band's greatest work to date - the album features practically no filler. It is a thoroughly enjoyable listen throughout, and is definitely one of the finds of 2007.
Where the band have progressed is in song and album structure. Each track is a thoroughly enjoyable listen: eleven emotionally charged tracks, each leading from the last with fluidity and grace. Each instrument is now less obvious among the mix, facilitating a more professional, and grander sound (evident no more so than on epic album opener "Pioneer to the Falls"). The album succeeds as one piece of work, and as a collection of tracks, and has nailed the formula for what is required to make an album great.
Our Love to Admire is arguably the band's greatest work to date - the album features practically no filler. It is a thoroughly enjoyable listen throughout, and is definitely one of the finds of 2007.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A band with a cool attitude and a distinctive dark side , Interpol have three albums already under their belts and a loyal fanbase which follows them everywhere . Their merits as a group include a strong song-writting in which every guitar strike seems to have been destined to count and ofcourse frontman Paul Bank , a guy sounds like Satan singing about sensitivities.
Not so long ago , there was a moment where Interpol were a must according to every decent music magazine out there ...and rightly so . I have yet to buy an album as complete and powerful as their 2004 offering " Antics ". Their latest release " Our Love To Admire " has more in common with the muscular rock of that album than the quiet doom of their debut " Turn on the bright lights " . Undeniably , this doesn't see them exploring new ground but still , once again , there are many great tunes to cherish like first cd-single " The Heinrich Maneuver " , " No I In A Threesome " and ( my personal favourite ) " Pace Is The Trick " .
Now , the hype surrounding this one might be substancially less than before but this is just how the industry works . Every couple of years a set of bands wins praise and press attention . They are the future of rock music , the new messiahs of pop and rock ...until their next release when they will be denied by everyone who embraced them in the first place , for no particular reason . In 2001 it was the Strokes , in 2003 the White Stripes and in 2004 it was Coldplay ( curiously enough with the worst of their four offerings ) who were gonna save modern music from it's decay . Then again , does rock need to be saved ? It this a competition of some sort ? The answer is NO . With that in mind , Interpol can still write first-class rock and this should be more than enough for everyone who likes good music .
Not so long ago , there was a moment where Interpol were a must according to every decent music magazine out there ...and rightly so . I have yet to buy an album as complete and powerful as their 2004 offering " Antics ". Their latest release " Our Love To Admire " has more in common with the muscular rock of that album than the quiet doom of their debut " Turn on the bright lights " . Undeniably , this doesn't see them exploring new ground but still , once again , there are many great tunes to cherish like first cd-single " The Heinrich Maneuver " , " No I In A Threesome " and ( my personal favourite ) " Pace Is The Trick " .
Now , the hype surrounding this one might be substancially less than before but this is just how the industry works . Every couple of years a set of bands wins praise and press attention . They are the future of rock music , the new messiahs of pop and rock ...until their next release when they will be denied by everyone who embraced them in the first place , for no particular reason . In 2001 it was the Strokes , in 2003 the White Stripes and in 2004 it was Coldplay ( curiously enough with the worst of their four offerings ) who were gonna save modern music from it's decay . Then again , does rock need to be saved ? It this a competition of some sort ? The answer is NO . With that in mind , Interpol can still write first-class rock and this should be more than enough for everyone who likes good music .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i just discovered this band a few months ago. Having listened to all three of their albums I feel their latest is the most polished and best.
Standout tracks - Rest my Chemistry, Pace is the Trick and Mamouth are fantastic. The rest are all growers and really gel the album unlike their first album and to a smaller extent Antics. In the similar vein as one of my current favourite bands, the Editors they come a very close second, and edge towards the mainstream of band like the Killers. Give it a listen!
Standout tracks - Rest my Chemistry, Pace is the Trick and Mamouth are fantastic. The rest are all growers and really gel the album unlike their first album and to a smaller extent Antics. In the similar vein as one of my current favourite bands, the Editors they come a very close second, and edge towards the mainstream of band like the Killers. Give it a listen!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Worth it if you're into Interpol in a big way
I know everyone says Antics is the best Interpol album but I still think OLTA is brilliant. I purchased this for the DVD primarily which is definitely worth it if you're an... Read more
Published 12 months ago by voltyvic
Awesome - a must have for all Interpol fans!
Third and best album, except for Turn On The Bright Lights which was the first album, so techically this review doesn't make sense.
Published on 5 Feb 2010 by Timothy Hill
Our Love To Admire/Interpol
Interpol's third offering is a bit of a disappointment.Gone is the sharp,fast-paced guitar songs of the brillant Turn On The Bright Lights and Antics. Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2008 by diarmuid hickey
Keep listening
Having touted Interpol as my favourite band ever, after a couple of listens to this album, I was disappointed that it all sounded the same. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2008 by K. Hallam
As good an album as their first?
Please. There are two very good songs on this record (I'll leave it up to you to decide which they are), but the rest sound like a band grinding out to spec, with passion and... Read more
Published on 11 Jan 2008 by H. R. Purser
New Yorks Finest
The third album by Interpol is their finest (or most polished) to date. It may take a few listens but it's all there. Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2007 by Mr. David J. Wright
Intense,complex and rewarding third album
After the brilliance of their previous two albums it was hard to envisage Interpol topping what had come before . Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2007 by russell clarke
no one could top 'turn on the bright lights', but im happier with...
okay. so interpol are my favorite band. i listened to their debut album three or four times a day for probably a year. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2007 by Mr. J. H. Shaw
Interpol?
Heinrich Maneuver - my favorite song. This band is the heart of the teenage depression in New York.
Doesn't sound like it! Read more
Doesn't sound like it! Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2007 by Nina Hall
No good song in threesome
A very poor and bland effort by this once great band.
Check out Editors's latest effort instead.
Check out Editors's latest effort instead.
Published on 8 Aug 2007 by Melvmeister
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